[kxrm]

So you are saying that in order to purchase these items you must have a bank account?

[input_sh]

You wouldn't be able to receive a salary without a bank account.

[porkbeer]

This is untrue. At least in the us, the company is required to cut you a check, which can be cashed without an account.

[dekken_]

This, in itself is another issue, and should not be the case.

Banks fail, and no one should be forced to need one.

[LevGoldstein]

Perhaps they are a self-employed mobile pharmacist.

[mrguyorama]

Europe is not America, and they generally provide better services to their poor people. Someone else above pointed out a certain country has onramps into banking explicitly for homeless people.

[frumper]

The people I know going around spending cash for large purchases tend to not be people that are struggling. They just prefer using cash. It doesn't get any simpler than using cash.